Stories
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
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On contagion
Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.
Catalogue
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Epidemiology in the mid-nineteenth century : the case of the 1845-1846 yellow fever epidemic at Boa Vista / K. David Patterson.
Patterson, K. David (Karl David), 1941-Date: 1993- Books
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On the local origin of the Yellow Fever epidemic of British Guiana : in a letter from Daniel Blair ... to John Davy ... with appended documents.
Date: [1851?]- Books
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Remarks on the yellow fever of the south and east coasts of Spain : comprehending observations made on the spot, by actual survey of localities, and rigorous examination of fact at original sources of information / by Thomas O'Halloran.
Date: 1823- Books
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Report on yellow fever / by James Gillkrest.
Gillkrest, J. (James), -1853.Date: 1852- Books
Yellow fever in the Old World / by Ronald Ross.
Ross, Ronald, Sir, 1857-1932.Date: 1911